Tag Archives: Europe
New World Encounters
Claudia Bushman discusses her new book, America Discovers Columbus (University Press of New England). Neal Salisbury talks about native Americans and their contacts with Europeans between 1500 and 1800. 607 – New World Encounters
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The Civil Society Part 3
Robert Darnton traces political censorship from 18th-century France into contemporary Europe. Conor Cruise O’Brien discusses civil societies around the globe. 602 – The Civil Society Part 3
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Artistic Visions
Mary Cross discusses her recent book, Egypt. Molly Faries discusses modern technology and the recovery of European Renaissance art. 590 – Artistic Visions
Historical Labors
Dirk Philipsen and Leonid Gordon talk about labor and political culture in contemporary Eastern Europe. Jacques Ranciere and Donald Reid talk about French labor history. 565 – Historical Labors
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What Should Teachers Know? Part 3 of 3
Sarah Maza and Spencer Willard discuss teacher preparation and the teaching of European and North American history in American high schools and universities. They count enthusiasm, two-way discourse, and engagement as their best tools to teach students critical thinking. At … Continue reading
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Revolutionary Observers
Nikita Pokrovsky and Robert Connor discuss contemporary intellectual crosscurrents between the United States and the Soviet Union. Melvin Richter discusses his study of Alexis de Tocqueville, the 19th-century observer of European and North American politics and culture. 531 – Revolutionary … Continue reading
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European Images
Richard Abel talks about his history of the French cinema between 1906 and 1914. Lilian Furst discusses her study of Possible Places in European Realist Fiction from Balzac to Thomas Mann. 460 – European Images
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Medieval Melody
Janet Knapp discusses her forthcoming study, The Polyphonic Conductus, an examination of texts and performance of 12 and 13th century European music, with examples courtesy of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from Vassar College. … Continue reading
European Royalty and Politics
Charles Carlton, the author of Royal Childhoods, discusses the childhoods of several English kings and queens from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. In the second segment [15:00], Vincent Comerford discusses his research project at the National Humanities Center entitled “Confessional … Continue reading
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European Anthropology
In separate interviews, Nicholas Hammond speaks on his study of ancient Macedonian culture, while Joan Vincent discusses the culture of County Fermanagh in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ireland. Hammond discusses Macedonian society in the time of Alexander the Great and factors that … Continue reading
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